A photo of lichen-covered trees at Chanctonbury Ring in West Sussex has been named as a winner in an astrophotography ...

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ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, GRAVITY Collaboration, EHT Collaboration (Music: Azul Cobalto) ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

Astro Tourism is the travel trend you didn’t know you needed. As 6 planets align in February 2025, here are best spots to watch the rare event in Saudi Arabia.

The competition was held ahead of the Dark Skies Festival held by the national park, which is one of 22 International Dark ...

It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear autumn night as a faint cigar-shaped ... nebula' was actually very far outside our own Milky Way galaxy -- at a distance of approximately 2.5 ...

"I expect Gaia's best results are still to come." Night has fallen for the star-tracking European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft, Gaia. The mission, which has been mapping the Milky Way for the ...

These glass plates recorded images of the night sky using a light-sensitive emulsion covering ... His measurements marked the end of the Great Debate about the Milky Way’s size and the nature of the ...

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